This is the minimum level of improvement that states, school districts, and schools must achieve each year.
What is Adequately Yearly Progress (AYP)?
100
This section of the IEP describes the current classroom functioning of the student.
What is the Present Levels of Academic Achievement and Functional Performance (PLAAFP)?
100
The acronym I.D.E.A., which describes the law ensuring services to children with disabilities throughout the nation, stands for this.
What is the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act?
100
Located in the student's official special education file, this Special Education form should be signed by all persons who have obtained access to the student record, and are not authorized school personnel.
What is the Record of Access?
100
Timeline after the completion of an initial evaluation and determination of eligibility during which IEP must be in developed.
What is 30 calendar days?
200
These schools provide supplemental services to students at risk of academic failure. Services can include hiring teachers to reduce class size.
What is a Title I school?
200
These components of the IEP should always be "measurable."
What are Goals?
200
Once a child has been determined eligible for special education services, the goal of the IEP is to address the needs of the child in this setting.
What is the Least Restrictive Environment (LRE)?
200
Written request for an evaluation of a child; must explain the reasons that an evaluation is requested and any efforts that have been made to address the concerns.
What is the Referral?
200
Once a child has been deemed eligible for special education services, a re-evaluation must be completed at this interval.
That is at least every 3 years?
300
A teacher who is fully licensed by the state, has at least a bachelor’s degree, and has demonstrated competency in each subject taught.
What is a Highly Qualified Teacher?
300
When describing services in the Service Summary section, these are 3 of the 6 things that must be documented.
What is the type of service, amount of time (i.e., intensity), frequency, service provider, beginning date and ending date?
300
In accordance to IDEA, the law states that every child is entitled to this.
What is a Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE)?
300
The document that guides special education service delivery and supports for a student with a disability.
What is the Individualized Education Program?
300
Amount of time that a student with an IEP may be excluded from school without services.
What is 10 school days?
400
Nonsectarian public schools of choice that operate with freedom from many of the regulations that apply to traditional public schools.
What are Charter schools?
400
The form that is used to notify parents of proposes to initiate or change the identification, evaluation, educational program, or educational placement of a child or the provision of a free appropriate public education (FAPE) to a child.
What is the Prior Written Notice?
400
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) protects a students right to this.
What is a student's right to confidentiality?
400
This form must be signed by the parent or guardian and returned to the school prior to conducting any formal evaluation of the student.
What is the Evaluation Consent Form?
400
Timeline from parent consent to completion of evaluation and eligibility determination.
What is 60 calendar days?
500
President George W. Bush
Which president coined the term No Child Left Behind?
500
This section of the IEP outlines the exact nature of specialized supports or devices required to enable the student to progress toward annual goals while participating in the general curriculum
What is the Supplementary Aids and Services section?
500
Provided to the Parent or Guardian annually, this outlines the special education process including procedure and state mandated timelines, in addition to notifying parents of their rights.
What is the Notice of Procedural Safeguards?
500
In the event that a mandatory IEP team member is unable to attend a Team meeting, this form can be completed and signed by the parent or guardian.
What is the IEP Team Membership Written Agreement/Consent Form?
500
Timeline for services to begin after IEP development.